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Leighton, Revised by Alexander

"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV."

_ a landlord; a designation given to the eldest
son of a baron.
MALISON, _s._ a curse.
MAMMIE, _s._ a childish term for mother.
MAN, _s._ a vassal; a husband; a male servant.
MAN, MAUN, _aux. v_. must.
MANE, _s._ lamentation.
MANGLE, _s._ a calender.
_To_ MANGLE, _v. a._ to calender linen or other
clothes.
MANSE, _s._ a parsonage house, the house of a minister.
_To_ MANSWEIR, MENSWEIR, _v_. to perjure.
_To_ MANT, MAUNT, _v. n._ to stammer.
MARCHE, _s._ a landmark.
MARK, MERK, _s._ a pound of thirty-two ounces.
MARK, MIRK, _adj._ dark.
MARROW, _s._ a companion; a married partner.
MARROWLESS, _adj._ matchless.
MART, MARTE, MAIRT, _s._ a cow or ox killed for winter's
use.
_To_ MASK, _v. a._ to catch in a net; to infuse.
MAUK, _s._ a maggot.
MAUKIN, _s._ a hare.
MAUMIE, _adj._ mellow.
MAUCHLESS, MAUCHTLESS, _adj._ feeble; inactive.
MAW, _s._ a sea-gull.
MAWKISH, _adj._ spiritless; actionless; slow.
MAWT, _s._ malt.
MAY, _s._ a maid; a virgin.
MEDE, _s._ a meadow.
MEIKLE, MEKYL, MUCKLE, _adj._ great.
MELL, _s._ a maul.
MELT, _s._ milt.
MENDS, _s._ atonement.
_To_ MENE, MEANE, MEYNE, _v. a._ to bemoan.
MENSK, MENSE, _s._ dignity of demeanour; discretion.
MENSKFUL, _adj._ manly; moderate; discreet; mannerly.


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